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Vertigo Dizziness Chiropractic Therapy

Wednesday, December 1st, 2010

Vertigo is the illusion of movement of the body or of the environment. With vertigo, one senses rotational movement and unidirectional, or one way, movement.

How this motion is perceived comes with a minor distinction, according to Dr Kenneth Ross DC. Objective vertigo is described as the sensation of the environment spinning around the patient whereas in subjective vertigo, it is the patient who feels he is turning around his surroundings.

A significant distinction sets vertigo apart from dizziness. In dizziness, patients in FL feel a loss of balance, light-headedness or nausea but there is no motion perception.

Your Altamonte Springs Chiropractor will perform a thorough history and examination including orthopaedic and neurological testing to determine the true cause of your vertigo and dizziness. Then they will design a unique plan of management for your special case.

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Bunion Care

Monday, November 22nd, 2010

In Altamonte Springs, patients that have a bunion (also known as Hallux Valgus) usually complain of deformity and pain on the inside of the big toe (1st metatarsal phalangeal joint). Patients are usually middle-aged women; researchers agree that bunions are usually hereditary.

Bunions (Hallux Valgus) involve lateral deviation of the proximal phalanx of the first toe (big toe). Although generally hereditary, bunion development can be accelerated by: wearing high-heeled shoes, inflammatory arthritis, Morton’s deformity, and forefoot varus, according to Dr Kenneth Ross DC. A bunion is formed when bursitis, which is caused by the deviation of the metatarsal phalangeal joint, puts pressure on the joint.

Your evaluation will be contingent upon an examination at Chiropractic Pain Medicine and Weight Loss Center, which should include diagnostic radiography, and neurological and orthopaedic testing. These tests will help determine the nature of your bunion. Then they will develop a specific plan of management tailored to your case.

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Neck Pain

Thursday, November 18th, 2010

There are about 12 percent of female adults and 9 percent of male adults, feeling neck pain at any given time. Altamonte Springs neck pain is about half the prevalence of low-back pain. Approximately 45% of the working population will have one attack of a stiff neck, and most of those affected will not miss much work with neck pain as they do with back pain. Resulting from increased flexibility, the neck becomes less stable and does not have as much protection. This creates an irritation for the small parts within the neck, causing the neck pain.

Neck pain can be used interchangeably with pain in the shoulder and shoulder pain can sometimes be pain in the neck. Frequent causes of neck pain are injuries to the ligaments, muscles, and tendons in the neck; these are the soft tissues, says Dr Kenneth Ross DC. This can occur from whiplash. Arthritis in the spine can cause local neck pain and can also irritate the nerves in the neck referring pain to the shoulder. Finally, conditions involving the spinal cord, heart and lungs can cause neck pain and shoulder pain.

Visit your doctor of chiropractic FL to find the root cause of your neck pain; the chiropractor will evaluate the structure of your neck. The doctor will look at the structures within your neck such as the spinal cord nerves, ligaments, arteries, facet joints, and vertebrae discs.

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Leg Pain Chiropractor Care

Tuesday, November 2nd, 2010

When a patient visiting Chiropractic Pain Medicine and Weight Loss Center has shin splints, there are no obvious symptoms; they simply feel pain in the front or back of the lower leg. It is not easy to specifically define shin splints. Diseases that are known to cause shin splints are tendonitis, periostitis, muscle strain and interosseous membrane strain.

Shin splints in Altamonte Springs are classified into two basic kinds: 1. Anterior shin splints – involves muscles in the front of the leg that are used for shock absorption. When they are weak or placed under increased demand as in walking or running on hard surfaces or when the shoe has no shock absorbing qualities, the force is transmitted to the shin bone resulting in a shin splint. 2. Posterior shin splints – occur when it is the muscles at the back of the leg that are involved. Too much pronation can cause excessive strain on these muscles which act as ankle stabilizers.

The pain in shin splints is usually felt in the middle to the lower third of the shin bone. Stress fracture is an important differential for shin splints, according to Dr Kenneth Ross DC. But shin splints are usually not seen in x-rays, as they come out as normal.

The following are what your chiropractor, of FL, will do to find out the extent of your shin splint: take a comprehensive history and examine you; include neurological and orthopaedic tests; order radiograms. Then they will develop a specific plan of management tailored to your case.

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Chiropractic Treatment Osteoarthritis

Sunday, October 31st, 2010

Osteoartrhitis is a chronic inflammatory disease arising from a gradual loss of cartilage in the joints. Unlike acute diseases, Altamonte Springs osteoarthritis creeps up on a person. Osteoarthritis is generally seen on the knees, hip and joints of the hand. Osteoarthritis is frequently seen in about 50% of people over 55 years old. It can occur in any of the joints in the body. Osteoarthritis can be classified into two major categories:
1. Primary osteoarthritis – an outcome of continuous and excessive strain on the affected part or a familial tendency to the disease
2. Secondary osteoarthritis – comes from a previous trauma to the affected body part.

Osteoarthritis in FL is manifested by these common signs and symptoms:
1. Pain – is what usually brings the patient to look for treatment
2. Stiffness – is often felt in the mornings
3. Swelling – goes hand in hand with continual inflammation
4. Crepitus – a clicking sound from swollen synovia grinding against one another and the cartilage has eroded

Osteoarthritis can be alleviated by the following non-pharmacologic measures at Chiropractic Pain Medicine and Weight Loss Center:
1. Reducing weight – helps in the treatment of osteoarthritis by decreasing the stress placed on the joints
2. Exercise – for strong muscles and growth of cartilage
3. Diet – rich in Glucosamine sulfate, Chondroitin sulfate, vitamins C and D, and calcium
4. Heat – the right amount of heat may allay the signs and symptoms of stiffness and pain

To arrive at a correct diagnosis and the extent of your osteoarthritis, your Chiropractor, Dr Kenneth Ross DC, will perform a detailed history and examination, and include orthopaedic and neurological testing as well as radiographic studies. Then they will design a management and treatment plan custom made to suit your specific case.

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Arm Pain Chiropractor Care

Sunday, October 17th, 2010

Altamonte Springs tennis elbow, the layman’s term for Lateral Epicondylitis, is the most prevalent illness of the upper body.

But tennis elbow is not unique to tennis players only. Tennis elbow can come about when too much strain is placed in the muscles of the forearm (wrist extensor group). This ailment is common among tennis players, carpenters, typists, manual laborers and a lot more professions. So basically any activity that involves repetitive wrist extension will cause tennis elbow, says Dr Kenneth Ross DC. The pain in tennis elbow is most frequently felt in the tendo periosteal junction where the common extensor tendon (outer part of the elbow) is sourced from. In fact, in 10 cases of tennis elbow, 9 of them would have this. Some patients with tennis elbow will feel pain radiating to the back of the forearm and wrist area.

FL tennis elbow can be a challenge because it needs lengthy treatment course due to the lack of a tendon sheath. The common extensor origin resembles a muscle more than a tendon, but its blood supply is not adequate and thus, it cannot get nutrition from the fluid that is found within a tendon sheath.

To identify the level of severity of your tennis elbow (lateral epicondylitis), your Chiropractor at Chiropractic Pain Medicine and Weight Loss Center will take your history and examine you completely. Further, he will include neurological and orthopaedic tests. Then they will develop a specific plan of management tailored to your case.

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Knee Pain Therapy

Monday, August 23rd, 2010

Knee injuries, or at least knee aches and pains, are extremely common in chiropractic. Knee pain does not, necessarily, need to be treated by orthopaedic care; a visit to a chiropractor can yield similar, if not more effective, results. The chiropractor’s approach to knee pain includes an evaluation for possible spinal or pelvic involvement in addition to local knee dysfunction.

Like a sitting duck, the knee is essentially susceptible to injury from many forces such as the following and all these can lead to knee pain:
1. Impact related injuries
2. Exterior blows to the knee
3. Afflictions from dashboard
4. Direct afflictions from falls

Soft tissue injuries resulting in knee pain are usually the result of either overuse or disuse. Some common presentations to a chiropractor’s office include:
1. Anterior knee pain from an athlete
2. Stiffness and knee pain from an elderly patient.
3. Youthful athlete feeling tenderness over the tibial tuberosity.
4. Patient verbalizing that his knee is giving way, or knee instability.

Knee pain treatment should ideally recommend a traditional approach first. Most knee pain responds very well to a combination of non-invasive treatments such as chiropractic adjustments, applying heat or cold, exercise to strengthen the muscles that support the knee and temporarily restraining from activities that aggravate the knee pain.

These are what your chiropractor will do first: take a thorough history, perform neurological and orthopaedic tests and take diagnostic radiograms to determine the cause of your knee pain. With the results in hand, they will develop a customized plan of management specifically for your case.

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Muscle Strain Care

Sunday, August 22nd, 2010

A damaged particular muscle-tendon section causes muscle strain, or muscle trauma as it is also referred to. If injury is done to the muscle fibers, the muscle-tendon connection, the tendon or the bony insertion point, a muscle strain is most likely to develop. A muscle strain in Altamonte Springs is classified as mild, moderate or severe depending upon the clinical findings. Typically, a muscle strain is a consequence of overstretching of the affected muscle. Muscle pull is another name for a muscle strain.

Regular symptoms of muscle strain include stiffness, pain focused on one area and a feeling of being bruised. Oftentimes, a knot appears in the place where this is muscle strain; this is referred to as a tender point, states Dr Kenneth Ross DC. When pain is felt somewhere upon pressure at the tender point of a strained muscle, this area will be known as trigger point.

Finally a muscle spasm is an involuntary contraction of a muscle that usually results from painful nerve stimulation.

To determine the cause of your muscle strain, your Chiropractor will do a complete examination and history-taking, as well as orthopaedic and neurological testing. Then Chiropractic Pain Medicine and Weight Loss Center will design a special plan of management tailor-made to fit your case.

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Chronic Anxiety Chiropractor Care

Sunday, August 15th, 2010

What is anxiety? Dr Kenneth Ross DC likens it to apprehension and/or fear.

Anxiety, a reaction which naturally incites survival mechanisms. Anxiety is like an alarm system that gets activated whenever a person perceives danger. Some amount of anxiety is normal when you encounter unpleasant situations but it should not reach the point when you feel it is getting uncontrollable. Come to Chiropractic Pain Medicine and Weight Loss Center for an assessment. Binge eating or drug and alcohol abuse are examples of behaviours borne out of a continual feeling of anxiety.

If anxiety gets in the way of your daily routine like your sleeping pattern or you are constantly tense and nervous, you may be suffering from anxiety disorder. A Altamonte Springs chiropractor can help you.

It is not unusual for anyone to have an anxiety disorder. Anxiety disorder affects around 3% of the adult population in a 12-month period in FL. Women are twice as likely as men to have an anxiety disorder. A classic symptom of anxiety disorder is extreme worry and apprehension that last 6 months or more over issues and events.

A good chiropractor will carry out a comprehensive history and examination on you, as well as neurological and orthopaedic testing. Afetr that, your chiropractor will craft a specially-designed management plan that is fitting for you. For more info, click here: thealtamontespringschiropractor.com.

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